Bryan Schuff
@schufflemode.bsky.social
Library & information scientist in a world at war against libraries, information, & science. Free people read freely. History is for everyone.
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the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
We are not wrong to hope. Our elected officials are wrong to decide that some people don't deserve food, clothing, shelter, health care, or education.
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We are not wrong to hope. Our elected officials are wrong to decide that some people don't deserve food, clothing, shelter, health care, or education.
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I wish those calling for the unmasking of ICE agents would be explicit about the obvious reason why this is necessary: these men need to be identifiable because justice demands that they be punished, severely, for what they are doing. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I wish those calling for the unmasking of ICE agents would be explicit about the obvious reason why this is necessary: these men need to be identifiable because justice demands that they be punished, severely, for what they are doing. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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the only time the filibuster has ever been used to protect a particular interest of a set of states is to kill anti-lynching and civil rights legislation. that's it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
the only time the filibuster has ever been used to protect a particular interest of a set of states is to kill anti-lynching and civil rights legislation. that's it.
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Remember when Aaron Swartz downloaded JSTOR archives that he had full legal rights to download and the FBI hounded him literally to death for it? Anyway,
NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Remember when Aaron Swartz downloaded JSTOR archives that he had full legal rights to download and the FBI hounded him literally to death for it? Anyway,
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Librarians or others, would you like a helpful one-pager zine that you can print to let people know how to report ICE?
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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October 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Librarians or others, would you like a helpful one-pager zine that you can print to let people know how to report ICE?
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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No, we can’t just agree to disagree on our opinions and live peacefully together when one person’s opinion is that the other can’t live in peace. Everyone already knows this, yet people pretend otherwise when it inconveniences them
October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
No, we can’t just agree to disagree on our opinions and live peacefully together when one person’s opinion is that the other can’t live in peace. Everyone already knows this, yet people pretend otherwise when it inconveniences them
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Folks are asking what to do about the One Special Boy's AI vids and whether they should share them:
MOCK THEM WITHOUT SHARING.
This creates what an enthymeme, where readers have to SUPPLY PART OF THE REFERENT to understand what you are mocking. An enthymeme is the STRONGEST form of persuasion.
MOCK THEM WITHOUT SHARING.
This creates what an enthymeme, where readers have to SUPPLY PART OF THE REFERENT to understand what you are mocking. An enthymeme is the STRONGEST form of persuasion.
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Folks are asking what to do about the One Special Boy's AI vids and whether they should share them:
MOCK THEM WITHOUT SHARING.
This creates what an enthymeme, where readers have to SUPPLY PART OF THE REFERENT to understand what you are mocking. An enthymeme is the STRONGEST form of persuasion.
MOCK THEM WITHOUT SHARING.
This creates what an enthymeme, where readers have to SUPPLY PART OF THE REFERENT to understand what you are mocking. An enthymeme is the STRONGEST form of persuasion.
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
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This is what all teaching is supposed to be, foundationally
Media literacy should be taught in every single American school, full stop. You don't need to tell kids *what* to think, but teaching them *how* to think is now a civic duty.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is what all teaching is supposed to be, foundationally
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I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.
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How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
October 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
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This is a great thread and has handy info you may need, next time someone tells you "omg TOXIC INGREDIENTS!"
Fun fact: did you know you can kill someone with salt? It's true! You can also die from OVERhydration--drinking too much water! "CONTEXT, CHEMISTRY, AND DOSE MATTER," indeed.
Fun fact: did you know you can kill someone with salt? It's true! You can also die from OVERhydration--drinking too much water! "CONTEXT, CHEMISTRY, AND DOSE MATTER," indeed.
#MythBustingMonday
“Vaccines contain dangerous and toxic ingredients.”
This one never dies, so let’s tackle it properly. Yes, vaccines contain multiple components but context, chemistry, and dose matter. Vaccine ingredients have been studied for decades, across trials and billions of doses. A 🧵
“Vaccines contain dangerous and toxic ingredients.”
This one never dies, so let’s tackle it properly. Yes, vaccines contain multiple components but context, chemistry, and dose matter. Vaccine ingredients have been studied for decades, across trials and billions of doses. A 🧵
October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a great thread and has handy info you may need, next time someone tells you "omg TOXIC INGREDIENTS!"
Fun fact: did you know you can kill someone with salt? It's true! You can also die from OVERhydration--drinking too much water! "CONTEXT, CHEMISTRY, AND DOSE MATTER," indeed.
Fun fact: did you know you can kill someone with salt? It's true! You can also die from OVERhydration--drinking too much water! "CONTEXT, CHEMISTRY, AND DOSE MATTER," indeed.
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for active military or if you know someone in the military:
“The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.”
www.nimj.org/top.html#/
“The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.”
www.nimj.org/top.html#/
Orders Project
The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may....
www.nimj.org
October 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
for active military or if you know someone in the military:
“The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.”
www.nimj.org/top.html#/
“The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.”
www.nimj.org/top.html#/
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I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.
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Remember, this is how much it has cooked people’s brains after like one year. Think of what 10 years of this will do. Think of the brains of kids who will grow up not only unable to spot AI but unable to understand “real” and “AI generated” as two different concepts.
"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades
October 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Remember, this is how much it has cooked people’s brains after like one year. Think of what 10 years of this will do. Think of the brains of kids who will grow up not only unable to spot AI but unable to understand “real” and “AI generated” as two different concepts.
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They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.
My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."
October 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.
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5 minutes. That's all it takes to start fighting book bans.
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
October 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
5 minutes. That's all it takes to start fighting book bans.
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
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The specifics of the RIFs I’ve seen in group chats have been staggering. Bracing & reminding myself these are specifically intended to cause fear & distress.
Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...
Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...
October 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The specifics of the RIFs I’ve seen in group chats have been staggering. Bracing & reminding myself these are specifically intended to cause fear & distress.
Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...
Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...
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the only solution here is to point out that no minority group is causing shit. What’s causing problems is an exploitative system geared at making some people richer than god at the expense of everyone else
October 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
the only solution here is to point out that no minority group is causing shit. What’s causing problems is an exploitative system geared at making some people richer than god at the expense of everyone else
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I know a lot of people really really do not want to have to care about the Jay Madness Discourse.
But it is actually a really bad thing that the CEO of the platform we all decamped to because Elon got transphobic mod madness...
...is now doing transphobic mod madness.
But it is actually a really bad thing that the CEO of the platform we all decamped to because Elon got transphobic mod madness...
...is now doing transphobic mod madness.
FREE LINK NOW
This is a Black person who has been on Bluesky forever and apparently just got banned for calling Jay transphobic.
We are at the "hurting the mods' feelings is a bannable offense" stage of Jay's meltdown, now
This is a Black person who has been on Bluesky forever and apparently just got banned for calling Jay transphobic.
We are at the "hurting the mods' feelings is a bannable offense" stage of Jay's meltdown, now
So @spacelawshitpost.me aka Link got banned. I just got text message.
So yeah. We stop saying things are accidents now?
Link of all people?
Apparently Jay said something to him before taking him down. He didn’t even get a chance to reply.
He sent this image.
This is sad.
So yeah. We stop saying things are accidents now?
Link of all people?
Apparently Jay said something to him before taking him down. He didn’t even get a chance to reply.
He sent this image.
This is sad.
October 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I know a lot of people really really do not want to have to care about the Jay Madness Discourse.
But it is actually a really bad thing that the CEO of the platform we all decamped to because Elon got transphobic mod madness...
...is now doing transphobic mod madness.
But it is actually a really bad thing that the CEO of the platform we all decamped to because Elon got transphobic mod madness...
...is now doing transphobic mod madness.
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i personally prefer not to marinate in bot driven hate speech & science denial journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... and i hope bsky does not succumb to the forces that degraded most maybe all other social networks
X under Musk’s leadership: Substantial hate and no reduction in inauthentic activity
Numerous studies have reported an increase in hate speech on X (formerly Twitter) in the months immediately following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform on October 27th, 2022; relatedly, despite ...
journals.plos.org
October 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
i personally prefer not to marinate in bot driven hate speech & science denial journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... and i hope bsky does not succumb to the forces that degraded most maybe all other social networks
It's 85° on October 5, which is an appropriate and fun coincidence, etymologically, but not climatically.
October 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's 85° on October 5, which is an appropriate and fun coincidence, etymologically, but not climatically.